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2024-25 Women's Hockey Roster

Esme Brandvik
Hannah Robb
Peter Sidmore
Paul Allen
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Gibran Murrieta
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Gibran Murrieta

8 Iona Welsch

  • Class Senior
  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-5
  • Hometown Lakeville, Minn.
  • Prev School Lakeville South

Biography

AT ST. OLAF
2024-25
(Senior) – Academic All-MIAC… Team captain… College Sports Communicators Academic All-District… Fall 2024 St. Olaf Dean’s List… Played in 24 games… Recorded six points on two goals and four assists… Both goals came on the power play and one was the game-winner… Credited with 39 shots and 23 blocked shots… Tied for second on the team in power-play goals and fourth in shots… Had a goal and an assist in 3-1 win over Concordia-Moorhead on Jan. 25… Also scored in 4-2 loss to Bethel on Feb. 21.

2023-24 (Junior) – Academic All-MIAC… Chi Alpha Sigma inductee… Fall 2023 St. Olaf Dean’s List… Played in all 25 games… Compiled 10 points on three goals and seven assists… Credited with 45 shots and 11 blocked shots… Fourth on team in shots, tied for fourth in points, and fifth in assists… Ranked tied for 18th in the MIAC in power-play goals… Had a goal and an assist in season-opening sweep of UW-Stevens Point on Oct. 27-28… Scored a shorthanded goal in 5-1 win at Northland on Nov. 3… Picked up a goal and two assists in 4-0 win at Concordia-Moorhead on Jan. 27… Registered three assists in 6-3 win over Saint Ben’s on Feb. 10.

2022-23 (Sophomore) – MIAC All-Playoff Team… Academic All-MIAC… AHCA All-American Scholar… Fall 2022 St. Olaf Dean’s List… Played in all 26 games… Compiled 10 points on eight goals and two assists… Credited with 42 shots and eight blocked shots… Four of her eight goals were game-winners and five came on the power play… Tied for second in the MIAC in game-winning goals, tied for fifth in power-play goals, 11th in shot percentage (0.19), tied for 20th in goals, and 22nd in goals per game (0.31)… Four game-winning goals were tied for third in single-season program history and five power-play goals were tied for 10th… Team was 6-1-1 when she scored… Netted the game-winning goal in 2-1 victory over Saint Mary’s (Minn.) on Jan. 14… Scored the lone goal of the game on the power play in 1-0 win against Concordia-Moorhead on Jan. 27… Scored unassisted at 1:05 of overtime to give team 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Saint Ben’s on Feb. 10 to clinch a playoff spot.

2021-22 (First Year) – AHCA All-American Scholar... Fall 2021 St. Olaf Dean’s List… Spring 2022 St. Olaf Dean's List... Played in 25 games… Recorded nine points on five goals and four assists… Tied for second on team in goals and points and tied for fourth in assists… Credited with 34 shots and committed just one minor penalty… Scored one shorthanded goal and one game-winning goal… Netted a shorthanded goal for first-career goal/point in collegiate debut in 5-4 overtime win over UW-Stevens Point in season opener on Oct. 29… Also scored in 2-1 victory against UW-Stevens Point on Oct. 30… Recorded team’s lone goal in 2-1 loss at Saint Mary’s on Dec. 4 and also scored in 6-2 loss at Augsburg on Jan. 28… Scored the game-winning goal with 33 seconds remaining and added an assist for first-career multi-point game in 3-2 victory over St. Kate’s on Feb. 18.

AT LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years of hockey... Team captain as a senior... Honorable mention all-conference as a junior after recording 14 goals and 17 assists... Team was section runner-up as a senior... Team was academic state championship as a sophomore, junior, and senior... Also played four years of soccer and was part of two section championship teams, including team that appeared in state tournament in 2019... National Honor Society member as a junior and senior... Honor Roll student all four years.

PERSONAL
Parents Michael and Wendy... Has two siblings - Henry and Eva... Double-majoring in chemistry and environmental studies with a concentration in engineering studies.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2021-22First Year

    Forward
    5'5"
    8
  • 8

    2022-23Sophomore

    Forward
    5'5"
    8
  • 8

    2023-24Junior

    Forward
    5'5"
    8
  • 8
    C

    2024-25Senior

    Forward
    5'5"
    8
    C